Can stale bread become a resource instead of waste? A new doctoral thesis at the University of Borås shows how discarded bread can be transformed into a protein-rich feed ingredient for aquaculture through fermentation using fungi.

The guides at the United Nations headquarters in New York are receiving new accessories, developed by Master's level design students from the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås and Central Saint Martins in London. The initiative is the next step in the collaboration between the UN and the Swedish School of Textiles, which last year resulted in the UN’s first guide uniform developed by a higher education institution.

How could our relationship with everyday objects change if they required care that goes beyond use or maintenance? In a new doctoral thesis in design at the Swedish School of Textiles, the exploration focuses on how objects can be designed to facilitate embodied care through use. 

How do we read today, and how will we read in the future? How can professions that work to promote reading come together? These are questions being discussed and explored in a new interdisciplinary centre at the University of Borås.